Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-07
THE Men, God Bless EN-" Women
Will Help, but Ask a Fair Divide
of Responsibility.
New Years Gifts of Handsome Furs Are
Not TeO Late-Hats For Baby
and Mamma.
stockings Made Beautiful-Fancy Work for
Winter Evenings-Notes Gathered
and Recorded.

The author of the Candle lectures ha
much to answer for, in that be has len
{ countenance to such belief by his hu
morous detail of lectures delivered by
women to small and select audience
but that husbands wrongs, if they ex
listed, have been amply avenged in mor'
public auditorium, and TO much largs
number of listeners. Poor woman, she
Is lectured on her dress, on her house
keeping, on her management of children
and servants, on her personal habits and
her pubic ac,s, and is held chargeaOle
for all mans follies, and most of his
crimes. From pulpit, from rostrum and
desk, she is held up as the
one responsible party in al
the wild whirl of worlds dance to
death. Her style of dress is assailed by
learned doctors both of medicine and d.
vinity, and she is besought for the sake
man so to regulate her modes as to help
him to be strong, to be neat in her habits
that he may not seek the alui ements OF
the bar-rOOm; in word, every one OF
these lectures, nominally for her benefit,
are in reality pleas to women to aid IN
holding up that weakling, man. These
pleas might have more pertinency il they
were not accompanied by so much arro-
gance, and women treated as the weaker
vessel, not even deemed worthy of many
| less weighty responsibilities than the care
of mans moral nature, and so little heed
! is given in fashions world, and women
continue to dress that men may admire !;
wives and mothers live in q
round of gaiety that recognizes
| few restraints; and the mad follles
| lead heaven knows where, while only
women are held responsible for that mad
ness. s'rhe men, God bless them," was
| good toast, aud the women did well to
drink it standing; now an acceptable
| change would be to hear little about
mems duties as husbands, fathers and
/ brothers. Mans RESPONSIBILITY tor much
that is wrong in social life cannot be ig-
nored, and no doubt the true design OF
society is not 10 cast the entire response
bility on either SEX, but by mutual effort
to upbuild the pure and tear down the
gross and the eroveling.
In the meantime while awaiting lectur-
ers IN the new field women, recognizing
their influence and earnestly striving IT,
meet the requirements, are full =
| spprised of the necessity of making
moral essays charming, and will
| be sure to remember that looking pretty
| is regarded by men as their first duty,
and not be unmindful that to the charm
of winning must BE- added the well-wear
il qualities.
| The bright New Year is upon US, and its
clear, frosty atmosphere is suggestive of
warm W appings. In this climate theI5
are so few days requiring furs, not mach
attention has been paid to the styles, but
fur as trimming has been SO Universally
adopted, that eItR, hGase there is neces-
sitY for its use 1t forms lovely setting
for ef6sy cheek and bright eye, and is
so Indicative of comfort that its appro-
p,ia,tness is readily admitted. Seal-skin
Of course leads, but seal plush forms an
exec lent substitute, and more
nearly meets the purses of most
ladies'. The winter garments Of
whatever material are trimmed With fur
in bands, balls and tails, and most of the
walking dresses are finished with similar
trimming. While tn usual length is
held for these dresses there seems to be
u decided tendency iof the Gemi-'Faip il
all costumes fo- the house, ana Harpsf's
Bazaar gives some directions which may
be acceptable TO the RAIDERS of this
column: -
DEMI-TRAINED DRESSES. i -
Demi-traned dresses for young ladies',
especially young married ladies', to wear
in the drawing room in the afternoon or1
evening. are made to lie twelve inches
on the floor AID have four breadths in
this small flowing train, which
is entirely untrimmed, and is made
bouffant by turning over the tops of
the breadths in short pointed wigs, sor
else letting them droop in burnouse folds.
Two other breadths of the silk of the
Irain are Joined on the right side andt
drawn across the front as an apron TO a
funnel shaped triple plating on the left
hip, which Ciscloses g plain velvet
breadth down the left like an underskirt,
or else there is a shirred panel of velvet !
of contrasting color. This design is |
handsome in striped silk opening ever |
velvet, or in small figured silks IN sage |
or brown over blue velvet, in blue silk |
over dark red, or in tea green shades |
over red or brown. Black gros grain |
demi-tralns are made in the same way tc !
show velvet skirt that may |
be black, tan, red-orown like terra |
Gotta, scarlet, or else of black and white |
together When velvet is not used, jetted |
net, or the amber and gilt beaded net, or
else that with large stones initiating Jew
garEets, etc.-forms the
side of the skirt. In some of these skirts
the front drapery of gros grain goes close
to the foot, and jabot extends up the
left of the front to the funnel shaped short
side piece on the left hip. Wien IN
trasts of color are used, this jabot and
the funnel piece (Which is usually great
triple box plaiD snow the contrasting
color as a facing; similar wing like
abot is also on the left side next the
iemi-train. The basque is then made of
The material of the train, with revers of
me same, and vest like the contrasting
.abric.
RECEPTION DRESS.
An elegant reception dress is made OF
plain and brocaded silk, plated skirt of
og around the bottom, front and back
iraperies of plain silk, trimmed with two
ace rosettes, basque of brocaoed silk
with aited vest of p ain silk and trim
ming of lace. Another is of plain silk or
'atin with train, the front breadth covered
8ith two wide lace fiouuces, the basque
with scarf OF lace fastened in
cops at the neck and caught on the left
ide at the lower edge OF the basque by
mot of ribbon loops, the sleeves are close
iIting and finished with ruche Of mar
'ow lace, and the collar is covered by a
I'LL fall of wider lace.
POMPONS.
Baby boys caps are of knit wool.
trimmed at the top in front with three
Toolen pompons. The three pompons,
et IN cluster, are often of three differ
mt colors. Many ladies knit the pretty
APPS at home. and make q full. pretty